Jeff left for Peru last week and landed in Lima. From there, he flew to Puerto Maldonado (located close to the Brazilian border) and on to Oceania a couple of hours away. The plan was to leave Friday on a boat to travel 2-3 days up the river to a community that he had visited in February. On Friday morning it was raining way too hard to leave. Saturday morning it was noticed that the boat motor wasn't functioning properly and was in need of repair. On Sunday morning, all excited and boats loaded ( 1 boat was full of supplies), they received notice just before taking off that a flash flood was coming down the river. 1 more day of delay, but praise the Lord they were not in the middle of their trip being hit by the flash flood!! Monday morning, success!During the visit in February Jeff, along with some of the natives bushwhacked a 3/4 mile trail through the jungle from the river to the village and built the water purification system. This time returning with all the water pipe plan to connect and have clean water! Please pray for that to be completed and successful. Thanks to all who have supported this work!

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